SB 1051 Summary

• Establishes a task force within the Department of Human Services, co-chaired by the directors of human services and health, to determine implementation requirements for a pilot program providing shelter and mental health treatment to homeless individuals with severe mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders who are subject to court-ordered guardianship or assisted community treatment orders.

• Task force shall consider implementation concerns including specialized treatment levels, care coordination, regulatory compliance, client and staff safety procedures, and legal requirements for recommending assisted community treatment for individuals who refuse voluntary participation.

• Task force membership includes legislative representatives, state department officials, a governor's coordinator on homelessness, a Hawaii state judiciary representative, and a mental health advocacy group representative.

• Task force members are exempted from certain provisions of Hawaii Revised Statutes section 92-2.5 until January 1, 2020, to facilitate preliminary decision-making; must submit findings and recommendations no later than 30 days before the 2020 regular legislative session and shall dissolve on June 30, 2021.

• Appropriates funds from general revenues for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to be expended by the Department of Human Services; act takes effect July 1, 2030.